Helene Ackermann
Research staff
address: Campus Golm
Room 2.24.1.82
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25
14476 Potsdam
Projects
Project coordination for the 'ExSClol TP50' project
Research Interests
Adaptivity in Human–Robot Interaction
Professional Experience
Since 06/2023 – Research Associate at the Chair of School Education, University of Potsdam, as part of the Excellence Cluster Science of Intelligence (TU Berlin)
2020 – 2023 – M.Sc. in Psychology: Cognitive Psychology, Learning & Work, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
2021 – 2022 – Student Research Assistant at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Freiburg
(University Center for Autism Spectrum)
2019 – Semester abroad at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
2017 – 2020 – B.Sc. in Psychology, Hochschule Fresenius Köln
Publications
2025
Ackermann, H., Lange, A. L., Hafner, V. V., & Lazarides, R. (2025). How adaptive social robots influence cognitive, emotional, and self-regulated learning. Scientific Reports, 15, 6581. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-91236-0
Ackermann, H., Henke, A., Chevalère, J., Yun, H. S., Hafner, V. V., Pinkwart, N., & Lazarides, R. (2025). Physical embodiment and anthropomorphism of AI tutors and their role in student enjoyment and performance. npj Science of Learning, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00293-z
2024
Rausch, J., Fangmeier, T., Falter-Wagner, C., Ackermann, H., Hölzel, L., Riedel, A., Vogeley, K., & Tebartz van Elst, L. (2024). A novel screening instrument for the assessment of autism in German language: validation of the German version of the RAADS-R, the RADS-R.European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-024-01894-w